MARION is a little girl four years old whose privilege it is to live in a Christian home where she has early been taught the beauty and value of the name of Jesus. Her little heart, as well as her bright mind, has responded to these precious things in an unusual way. Not only does she seem to prize them for herself, but even at this early age has shown an interest in passing them on to others.
One day she was playing in the yard, when she noticed an old man walking slowly past. It was very apparent that something was going on in her mind, and an instant later she came running into the house, and said,
“O mother, there is an old man going past, and perhaps he doesn’t know about the Lord Jesus; let me give him something to read.”
Her mother very hastily gave her a copy of “The Sower,” a gospel paper, and our little friend rushed out again and handed it to the aged man, saying it would tell him about the Lord Jesus, and warned him not to get it dirty. He told her she had better keep it herself, but she said they had many more, and urged him to keep it, which he did. That night when she said her little prayer upon going to bed, she asked the Lord in her simple way to bless the paper to the old man’s soul.
Who could doubt that this little attempt on the part of a mere babe to sow the “Good Seed” was pleasing to the Lord? And how sweet to see that she asked His blessing upon it. Who but He, the Lord of the Harvest, knows what the result will be. With His blessing it may yield a hundred-fold.
He, to whom nothing is impossible, can use a little child, as well as a grown person, in the working out of His purposes; for the work is His, and happy is he who is used of Him in carrying them out.
What a wondrous message it is that God sends to a lost world! The word “Gospel” means “Good News,” and it is indeed such, for it speaks life to the dead soul; it gives light to him who sits in darkness, and to the weary, rest. Nothing but a message from God could do this.
There must, however, be faith on the part of him who hears it, else the message, sweet as it is, will be in vain. One must believe what God says, to get the blessing.
What is the “Good News” that we are considering? John 3:16 tells the whole story,
“God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”
We earnestly hope that each and every reader will believe the “Good News,” and thus profit by God’s love and kindness in providing a way to be saved. One need not be lost, however sinful he may be, for another verse from the Scripture says,
“The blood of Jesus Christ, God’s Son, cleanseth us from all sin.”
A simple faith or belief is all that is necessary.
Just a word to those who know the Lord Jesus as their Saviour—We hope there will be no lack of interest on your part to share the precious truths of God you possess with the unsaved. May you all be sowers of the “Good Seed” in whatever way you are able. This would be but a small thing to do to show in a little measure ones gratitude to Him who died that we might live.
ML 02/27/1927